First Title Conveyancing Roadshow

FIRST TITLE held their annual Roadshow at the New House Hotel on 2nd May. The well-attended seminar included updates from First Title’s underwriters and Legal Department on the latest developments in their indemnity policy products. Purist lawyers may not always see indemnity policies as the best way to resolve a problem, but in this day and age, their merits are that they are a good quick cure and also a useful tool in risk management, of which we all have to be so aware these days. One particular product which is worth looking at is their Home Owners’ Protection Policy (HOPP) which provides a one-off comprehensive cover against a wide variety of risks including unforeseen problems that are outside the control of the conveyancer. The Canadian Law Society has made it compulsory for solicitors to offer this policy to their clients and, after several years, this has led to a significant decrease in Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Premiums.

For further information look at www.theHOPP.co.uk.

The second half of the morning consisted of a very informative address by Professor Paul Butt, covering in particular some recent solicitors’ negligence cases. It is always useful to learn by other’s mistakes but eyebrows were raised at some recent decisions by the Court of Appeal which currently seems to be very unsympathetic to conveyancers. This is probably because the Honoured Judges have little idea of the mechanics of everyday conveyancing – perhaps another reason to encourage more solicitors onto the Bench!

First Title very generously donated the entrance fees for the Seminar to the Confederation of South Wales Law Society, the total amounting to more than £800.00, for which many thanks.

Richard Fisher

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